When the Commander-in-Chief Calls

Updated Oct. 25, 2001 12:28 a.m. ET

In regard to your Oct. 18, page B1, story "To Join or Not to Join":

One mother in your article is quoted as telling her son, "You're not joining the Army"! Her family enjoys all of the fruits of this great nation, including her own business, yet she is unwilling to have her son defend America. I guess that's the responsibility of other mothers' sons.